I recently decided to create a separate blog called Simple Church Communications. It comes out of my own learning about church communications, and the needs we have to look for new effective ways to tell our stories. Most recently I wrote about What the “Social Media Revolution” Means for the Methodist Church. Here is the [...]
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Splitting My Blog In Two- Simple Church Communication
August 17th, 2010
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You write about what you know. When I started Forkintheroadmusic I was basically just leading worship both in churches and out at camps, and retreats. Since that time I have become increasingly interested in how we as a church communicate. Because of that interest I have taken on some communication responsibilities in our church, and [...]
Stuck in the Blog?- Write a Weeks Worth of Headlines
April 30th, 2010
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For a while I have struggled to write consistently. I would have great ideas in my head but could not translate, and transform them into articles when I had time. And when I think about it, the time was there, just not the drive to make use of it.
Then I was reading Michael Hyatt’s post [...]
10 Posts I Want to Write in the Next 10 Days
April 28th, 2010
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Here are 10 posts I would like to write about in the next 10 days.
1. So Your Leading Worship for Church Camp- Packing List, What to bring.
2. Leading a Youth Worship Team – Kids Mentoring Kids
3. 5 Ways to have a Bad Week of Church Camp
4. What I Learned from My Dog – Always be [...]
Are Flash Websites Disappearing?
April 21st, 2010
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Do you agree with the following statement? ”Flash is not dead, but Flash websites are.”
I found an article entitled Is Flash Dead? by Nick Asolas in which he gives a few reasons why completely flash websites are disappearing.
Out of all his reasons, User experience jumps out at me.. check this out
“As the internet matures, we are [...]
Creating Powerful Passwords
January 21st, 2010
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PC World just posted a great article on how to, or not to create your passwords. The full article “Hacking Passwords” by David Coursey is definately worth reading. I wanted to share with you just a small section of their tips.
Imperva provides a list of password best practices, created by NASA to help its users [...]
Thank You for Saying Thank You
January 12th, 2010
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To those who have said thanks:
Thank you. The other day you took the time to send an email saying how much you enjoyed the service. You stopped me in the parking lot and said how good everything sounded. You sent a message on facebook saying how the service moved you. However it was, you said [...]
What I Am Reading-Freebies, Printing Press and Questions
November 26th, 2009
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Thought I would let you in on a few different blogs and articles I have been reading lately-
1. The Internet is Not Your Delivery Boy- From Church Marketing Sucks I learned that the internet is not just the 20th century printing press, but should be so much more. It’s not about informing but connecting…
2. Freebie [...]
Help Me Save a Life
November 15th, 2009
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For the past two years I have been supporting the “Nothing But Nets” campaign. The campaign raises money to provide mosquito nets that protect from Malaria with the goal of wiping out the disease on the continent of Africa.
Between now and Christmas I want to raise enough money to buy 1000 nets. At $10 each [...]
What I’m Reading-Revolution, Connection and Forgiveness.
November 13th, 2009
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Revolution, Connection and Forgiveness. This is what I learned from reading blogs over the past few days.
First Kem Meyer posted a video called Social Media Revolution. If you thought social media was a here today, gone tomorrow venture then think again. I have seen this video before but it is definately worth reviewing.
Second, you can [...]
